A closer look
If aliens ever judge our species' allocation of resources, this is the data point that will rightfully doom us. As late-stage capitalism tightens its grip and millennials replace children with fur babies, pet spending has skyrocketed into an unstoppable economic pillar. Every October, Americans drop over $700 million solely on costumes to humiliate their dogs and cats for Instagram engagement. It is a brilliant micro-economy built entirely on projecting human emotional voids onto animals that violently hate wearing polyester taco shells.
